Malta sends three suspects for trial on charges of killing anti-corruption journalist

FILE PHOTO: People hold up photos of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia during a protest marking eighteen months since her assassination outside the office of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat at Auberge de Castille in Valletta, Malta April 16, 2019. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

VALETTA (Reuters) - Three men will face trial in Malta for their alleged involvement in the murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia after the island's attorney general issued a bill of indictment against them, court officials said on Tuesday.

The indictment comes days before a deadline that requires suspects who have not been formally committed for trial within 20 months of arrest to be granted bail.